I'm ALIVE..sort of--> Failed Confetti Cupcakes

HIHIHI.

I don't know who I am even talking to but hello.

It has been a crazy. hectic semester like all the other semesters. I make it sound like I am relieved that school is over but bitter truth is.. it is NOT. I have got 2 more research papers due and exams start on 15th April !!

So the moment the last presentation was over, I did what I felt I had to do.

I baked.

Just like the checkerboard cookies--they were a failure. I don't even know why I do this but I still do. I guess it is because I like rainbows...and unicorns. What? Yeah. Okay.

Sue me-I cheated today and even then it was baadddd :(

You would think since I used an instant cake mix, this would turn out to be a success. Well guess what, the cake mix cover lies... LIES. Grrrr. Anyways, I made these a bit different, I added nonpareils/ hundreds and thousands (Big whoop). In the first batch, the cupcakes looked like they had an early stage of rainbow chicken pox. As shown below: (<--been writing reports)

uh.. because this would be an artistic angle. 

Before....

After...wheeeee

This batch was not very colourful. Heartbroken, I was. Whoa-Yoda came out of no where. I digres (again). I had to add more of the nonpareils and you have to make sure you STIR. Don't ever EVER mix it alot- then you will get a brown cupcake. Why? Well, it's kind of like if you take all the paint colours and mix it in one paint can? Yeah, that colour you get? That would be the colour of your cupcake. Just don't mix.

Looks like it still wasn't enough, even after adding more of the nonpareils..!!

 You see the problem here is not the cake! It's that DAMN frosting!!! I wanted to make a vanilla butter cream frosting:

Looks amazing, right? Looks professional? Well, it tastes like diabetes in a bowl . It was way way way way too sweet!!!  Actually, the whole purpose of this baking session was to try the new piping tool my mum got from NTUC and it was pretty useful. See:

Look at that peak--LOOK AT IT.. IT'S FREAKING PEAK. 

After this, I went to sit down and reflect about life. It's crazy how a bad baking session can pull me down... very badly. Evidently. Like what's wrong with me? Okay...that's a whole new different post. Eventually, my sister came back home and she told there was cream cheese so I just blended it together. However, the frosting became a glaze-it became too THIN.  There was no point using the piping tool.

After which, I was forced to clean up :( grr hate that part.

Well I just realised I only had 3 hours of sleep the night before and I am still awake! gooddjobshandfadlkaf;jlz

Haha. Kidding. (Am I?)

Alright,

Good Night!